Cars that I'd.....

[BEAR VMF257]

Another mid century American. Passed driving test Dec 14 1959 in fathers ugly gold ' 57 Oldsmobile Super 88 J-2 2door Holiday Coupe. Was one of a string of gold Oldsmobiles that my kids as they grew up called Gramps pumpkin-mobiles

Stock internet photo.

 

[Lucky13]

Warren, Michigan, sometime in 1959. "Nineteen-Sixty Cadillac 6339 four-window Sedan de Ville at the
GM Technical Center." This was a General Motors body style popularly known as the "flat top."
Color transparency from the GM photographic archive.

Source: Internet

 

[Lucky13]

"1957 Mercury Commuter at Hialeah Park racetrack, Miami." The rear vent wing in this 1956 photo of a prototype
station wagon never made it to production. Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. media archive.

Source: Internet

 

[Venomstick121]

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Warren, Michigan, sometime in 1959. "Nineteen-Sixty Cadillac 6339 four-window Sedan de Ville at the
GM Technical Center." This was a General Motors body style popularly known as the "flat top."
Color transparency from the GM photographic archive.

Source: Internet

the coupe model looked better imo


View: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZYFJhb0NpLVyOujdyQnmJrM37ztKA7Pu/view?usp=sharing

 

[Lucky13]

"1960 Ford Country Squire nine-passenger station wagon."
Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photographic archive.

Source: Internet

 

[Lucky13]

"1954 Fords -- Dearborn assembly plant final line." Watching the Fords go by in a variety of Easter egg hues.
Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photo archive.

Source: Internet

 

[Venomstick121]

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"1954 Fords -- Dearborn assembly plant final line." Watching the Fords go by in a variety of Easter egg hues.
Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photo archive.

Source: Internet

Not a fan of old fords really, caddys just had a better design

 

[Lucky13]

"1957 Thunderbird. Removable glass-fibre hard top has stylish 'port' windows."
Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photographic archive.

Source: Internet

 

[Lucky13]

"1949 Mercury Eight convertible coupe." A golden Forty-Niner if there ever was one.
Color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. photographic archives.

Source: Internet

 

[Lucky13]

"1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria hardtop coupe." This color transparency from the Ford Motor Co. archives is our first
in a series of automotive publicity photos.

Source: Internet

 

[Venomstick121]

Lucky13 Do you ever speak or just post pics lmao

 

[Lucky13]

Lucky13 Do you ever speak or just post pics lmao

Hrrmmm....a few words every blue moon I speak.

 

[Lucky13]

September 1939. "Driver entering cab of truck which has just been cleaned and checked over in garage preparatory
to next trip. Minneapolis, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.

Source: Internet

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

June 1941. "Trucks at Union Stockyards. Chicago, Illinois." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon
for the Farm Security Administration.

Source: Internet

 

[Lucky13]

September 1939. "Trucks loading at terminal warehouse. Minneapolis, Minnesota." Medium format acetate negative by
John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration.

Source: Internet

 

[Lucky13]

August 9, 1947. San Francisco. "Ford dairy van -- Borden's Cottage Cheese." 8x10 acetate negative from the
Wyland Stanley collection.

Source: Internet

 

[Lucky13]

June 1940. "Trucks in service station on Bladensburg Road, Washington, D.C., U.S. Route 1."
Medium format negative by Jack Delano.

Source: Internet

 

[WARSPITER]

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Warren, Michigan, sometime in 1959. "Nineteen-Sixty Cadillac 6339 four-window Sedan de Ville at the
GM Technical Center." This was a General Motors body style popularly known as the "flat top."
Color transparency from the GM photographic archive.

Source: Internet

Is this the one where you run your keys along the side and say "Scratch one flattop" ?

 

[Lucky13]

Is this the one where you run your keys along the side and say "Scratch one flattop" ?